All-weather shirt



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{6 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES CHARLES E. COMEE, OF NEAR DAYTON, OHTO.

ALL-WEATHER SHIRT.

Application filed June 21, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLEs E. COMER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Montgomery, near the city of Dayton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AlllVeather Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in all-weather shirts, and has particular reference to a golf shirt which is properly ventilated.

Persons who wear closed all-weather shirts when playing golf or other athletic games, suffer almost as much from perspiration as they would from rain. Therefore, itis the principal object of my invention to provide an all-weather shirt which permits the free circulation of air through it under the arm-holes and in the back when the wearer is exercising.

The above purpose is specifically carried out by providing under each arm-hole a slit which automatically opens, and a flap or yoke cape which automatically uncovers a loosely woven portion in the back of the shirt, when the wearer bends over in play.

Other importantsand incidental objects will be brought out in the following specification and particularly set forth in the subjoined claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustratiug my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the back of my all-weather shirt, with the yoke cape partly broken away to reveal the loosely woven piece that permits a free circulation of air through it when the cape is raised. Figure 2 is a perspec tive view of the front of the shirt, with. one sleeve partly broken away to reveal how the slit under the arm-hole opens to admit air when the sleeve is raised. Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line Ew -3 of Figure 1, showing how the yoke cape uncovers the loosely woven piece in the top back part of the shirt to admit air. And Figure i is a cross sectional view taken through the shirt on. the line l'l of Figure 2, showing the slit under the armhole in its partly opened position.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding parts.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a detailed description of the form of embodiment of my invention illustrated Serial No. 646,778.

therein, the numeral 1 designates an a1lweather shirt made of rubberized material or the like. Secured by a- French seam, or in any other suitable manner, to the upper back part of the shirt- 1 between the armholes is a piece 2 of suitable thin loosely woven material through which air will pass freely. (See Figures 1 and 3.)

Loosely covering the loosely woven piece 1, is a yoke cape or flap 3 which is suitably stitched or otherwise secured to the shirt at the base of the collar 4 and around the armholes which receive the sleeves 5, 5. The cape 3 hangs loosely between the collar and the sleeves, so that when the back of the wearer inclines forwardly, or his arms are raised, during an athletic movement of the body such as is incident to the swing of a golf club or tennis racket, the cape will be elevated to uncover the loosely woven piece 2 sufliciently to permit the free passage of air therethrough to the wearers body.

Not only does this yoke cape act as a ventilating valve, so to speak, for the shirt, but ithangs down far enough to shed water from the loosely woven piece when rain falls. 7

Assisting the above described means in ventilating the shirt is a slit 6 beneath each arm-hole thereof, which is automatically opened to admit air when the sleeve 5 cpposite it is raised. 'Each slit- 6 is formed below the arm-hole by separately stitching each side seam 7 for a short-distancebelow the latter, to leave the slit, and then tacking the seams together at their lower ends with a rubberized reinforcement 8. The margin of each side seam 7 is turned over and cemented back upon itself to pro vide a firm edge, the tops of said seams being sewed into the arm-holes to close up the slits formed between their turned over edges. (See Figures 2 and Now when the wearer raises his arm, as in making a drive with golf club or tennis racket, the side seams 7, 7 under the arm-hole will be drawn apart to open the slit 6 sufficiently to admit air to the arm-pits where, in the absence of such air, perspiration will quickly form. (See Figures 2 and 4.) Therefore, these side slits 6 in the shirt will assist the loosely woven piece 2 under the yoke cape, in adequately ventilating the shirt for the comfort of the wearer as well as affording him protection from rain.

Having described my invention, I claim: the sleeve seams, the lower edge of the cape 1 An all-Weather shirt having shoulder being free so that when the arms are raised, seams, sleeves, and seams joining the sleeves the ventilating slit and the cape are opened to the body of the shirt, and a back, the sufiieiently toadmit air.

5 upper portion thereof being of loosely Woven In testimony whereof I have hereunto material, the body of said shirt having a Se my hand this 19th day of June, 1923. short, vertical reinforced slit beneath each CHARLES E. COMER. sleeve and an overhanging cape secured Witness: to the shirt at the shoulder seams and at HOWARD S.SM1TH. 

